Paul Caney thought he had a deal in place that would save his colleagues.
In November, over 100 staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières, known in North America as Doctors Without Borders, and their families were trapped at an office and guesthouse in Gaza City. Fighting between Hamas and the Israel Defence Force (IDF) in the surrounding neighbourhood meant they couldn’t leave the building and evacuate south, as Caney hoped they would do.
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